Carolyn Franklin

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Carolyn Franklin was an American soul and gospel singer-songwriter best known as the younger sister of Aretha Franklin and for her own contributions to 1960s and 1970s R&B music.

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Carolyn Franklin canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel musician
human
songwriter
soul musician
activeYearsEnd 1976
activeYearsStart 1960
associatedAct Aretha Franklin
Erma Franklin
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit
causeOfDeath breast cancer
collaboratedWith Aretha Franklin
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1944-05-13
dateOfDeath 1988-04-25
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Franklin
father C. L. Franklin
fieldOfWork R&B music
gospel music
soul music
genre gospel music
rhythm and blues
soul music
givenName Carolyn
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Barbara Siggers Franklin
name Carolyn Franklin
notableAlbum Baby Dynamite
Chain Reaction
If You Want Me
notableSong All I Want to Be Is Your Woman
notableWork Ain't No Way
linked to: Ain’t No Way
occupation singer
songwriter
performedBackingVocalsFor Aretha Franklin
placeOfBirth Memphis, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfUpbringing Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel RCA Records
religion Baptist
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States
roleInWork songwriter of "Ain't No Way"
sibling Aretha Franklin
Erma Franklin
vocalType contralto

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C. L. Franklin child Carolyn Franklin
Barbara Siggers Franklin child Carolyn Franklin
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin child Carolyn Franklin
C. L. Franklin parentOf Carolyn Franklin
Cecil Franklin siblingOf Carolyn Franklin
Cecil Franklin notableRelative Carolyn Franklin
Carolyn Franklin name Carolyn Franklin
Ain’t No Way writer Carolyn Franklin
Erma Franklin sibling Carolyn Franklin